[TxMt] Re: shift-right and caret position question

[Steve King]

On 2011-02-28 20:31, Saiwing Yeung wrote:
> I have a weird problem in which the caret moved in an unexpected way. Let's say I have
>
> test<caret>\n
>
> and type command-], it becomes
>
> <tab>tes<caret>t\n

I'm also seeing the behavior you describe. Funny, I never noticed it 
before... I think that's because I use ⌘] and ⌘[ almost exclusively to 
move multiple lines at a time. If I want to indent/outdent a single line 
I just go to the beginning of the line and insert/remove a tab.

Which suggests a solution. Maybe create a macro to select the line 
before moving it? It's not ideal, but it may be better than having the 
caret end up in an unexpected position.

FWIW, I think you're correct that it has something to do with using a 
single character (tab) to represent more than a single character width. 
The behavior changes somewhat if you use soft tabs.


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